ShowerGrapes t1_iwxkefu wrote on November 19, 2022 at 2:52 AM

people already know this. plenty of apps and what not are built by a team of engineers and those engineers are never used again until they want changes made, improvements, new features, bug fixes, etc. did twitter need all these engineers? it was obviously making enough money to keep them on staff or it wouldn't have them. you'd rather that money go to executives and shit like that? this isn't anything new. musk isn't traversing new ground. of course once an app is done few engineers are needed.

rnimmer t1_iwyfirm wrote on November 19, 2022 at 8:45 AM

this is just patently wrong. engineers "never get used again" until new features are needed? Do you have any idea what an on call rotation is? Prod issues? Critsits?

ShowerGrapes t1_iwyot9s wrote on November 19, 2022 at 11:04 AM

yeah, i only have 20+ years experience, genius

entire teams are hired to create a product and then not used again.

rnimmer t1_iwzy7vc wrote on November 19, 2022 at 5:51 PM

yay tech debt

ShowerGrapes t1_ix7ohyc wrote on November 21, 2022 at 11:22 AM

well yeah, that's the point isn't it? the question is whether you have a full time staff squashing the debt as it's acquired, potentially wasteful, or you hire a team to come back in once the debt accumulates enough that it becomes a problem then send them off again.

arguments can be made for both positions but it's certainly not anything new.